A first step toward improving surgical care in many low and middle income countries is to document the need. To facilitate the collection and analysis of surgical capacity data and measure changes… (More)

BACKGROUND
Surgical care is increasingly recognised as an important part of global health yet data for the burden of surgical disease are scarce. The Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical Need… (More)

BACKGROUND
Operative disease is estimated to contribute to 11% of the global burden of disease, but no studies have correlated this figure to operative burden at the community level. We describe a… (More)

The prevalence of surgical diseases in low income countries is thought to be very large, but to date no population-based survey has documented the need. The Surgeons OverSeas Assessment of Surgical… (More)

BACKGROUND
Although surgery is increasingly recognized as an essential component of primary health care, there has been little documentation of surgical programs in low- and middle-income countries.… (More)

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES
Breast cancer incidence may be increasing in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). This study estimates the prevalence of breast masses in Rwanda (RW) and Sierra Leone… (More)